Whereas Sony hasn’t formally introduced the following era of PlayStation, rumors proceed to flow into concerning the PS6, which can allegedly have a handheld model. PS5 Professional leaker Kepler famous on NeoGAF that its SoC is 3nm and 15W however outlined much more concerning the rumored specs final week.
They famous, “The following OEM handheld APU lineup (if it occurs in any respect, as AMD appears to be dropping curiosity on this market) can be with their next-next-gen lineup in 2029. The one AMD handheld with AI upscaling anytime quickly would be the PlayStation handheld.” It’s additionally seemingly a provided that the hand held can have 16 GB RAM much like the PS5 with “means increased” efficiency and CUs resulting from RDNA 5.
Curiously, they recommend that the just lately leaked Low Energy Mode for PS5 will simulate the hand held’s efficiency. Because it solely has a 3rd of the console’s reminiscence bandwidth, “It’s fairly apparent {that a} mode that cuts bandwidth in half is supposed to simulate the hand held.”
Different alleged specs embrace 4 MB of L2 cache and 16 MB MALL (which the PS5 and Professional lack), however it appears that evidently LPDDR6 is “too distant nonetheless.” When requested if it was RDNA 5 or 6, Kepler responded, “Each are a fork of gfx13 (RDNA5/UDNA/no matter AMD decides to name it)
Whereas it’s nonetheless too early for a reveal, the PS6 handheld may reportedly show helpful for builders porting their video games for the reason that course of doesn’t require a lot work. Head right here for extra particulars.
